Kathy Buckworth is an award-winning writer, television personality and public speaker, with numerous publishing credits in both national and local magazines and newspapers. Her monthly column, "Funny Mummy" appears on over 25 websites across Canada, the U.S. and New Zealand, as well as in print.
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Vive Le Difference
2010/08/25
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We all know that men and women are very different. Different in how we look, sound, feel, act…but most importantly, how we think. To prove my point, I’d like to argue that most men have never had these thoughts:
• Gee that’s the last roll of toilet paper in the bathroom. I’d better go to the linen
closet where I stored the rolls I bought in bulk the last time I went to the grocery
store, and restock.
• Oh look! A dirty dish! And so close to the dishwasher. I’ll just pop it in there. There’s no
need to leave it out here on the counter.
• Wow there are a lot of things stacked on these stairs. I’ll just carry them upstairs because
that’s obviously why they’re here.
• I wonder when the kids had their last dentist appointment. I should look into that and make
sure all of our health cards are up to date too.
• This shirt is starting to look a little worn. I’d better throw it out. Otherwise it could seem
that I don’t care what I look like on the weekends.
• This isn’t on the grocery list, but I’ll pick it up anyway. It’s a good price and I know we use
it at home quite regularly.
• Power tools don’t belong on the kitchen table! What was I thinking?
• I wish my wife would talk about her feelings more. Then I’d know what she was thinking
without having to ask.
• I wonder if that woman down the street would like me to offer to take her kids to the park
for the afternoon. She looked like she could use a break when I saw her at the dry
cleaners this morning, dropping off my wife’s blouses.
A lot of the above thoughts might also never occur to another very unique group – the teenager – in addition to these thoughts currently not crowing their brains:
My Mom:
• Is so cool
• Works way too hard
• Has terrific advice and understands how hard it is to be a teenager
• Was a teenager once so she gets it
• Should start doing things just for herself more often. She does so much for us.
My Dad:
• Deserves to use his own car whenever he wants. It’s HIS, after all!
• Knows so much about sports/women/business/life. I think I’ll go ask him for some
advice/information. I hope he’s got a half hour to spend talking to me.
• Is such a sleepyhead! I’ve been up for hours. I should wake him up so we can talk about
what to get for Mom for her birthday. I’ve been giving it a lot of thought.
And, I suppose to be fair, I need to include some thoughts a woman/Mom would never have:
• I feel so appreciated by my family today. Like every day.
• Hey – who did this laundry without asking?
So maybe before we judge the look, sound, feelings and actions of our wildly disparate groups, let’s try to remember what’s probably NOT running through their mind is just as important as what is.
Kathy Buckworth’s latest book “Shut Up & Eat: Tales of Chicken, Children & Chardonnay” is now available at Health & Harmony.
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